HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced an updated schedule of public meetings for remainder of 2006. All meetings will take place in Harrisburg.

The next public meeting of the Board will begin at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2006. It will take place in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building in Harrisburg.

The dates, times and locations for these meetings, which are also available at the PGCB web site, are as follows:

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced a complete schedule of Licensing Hearings for all 22 applications it received for gaming licenses.

All hearings, which will be open to the public, will take place in the auditorium of the State Museum on Third and North streets in Harrisburg, except as noted below.

Conditional Category 1*

Monday, September 11 (Hearing Room #1, North Office Building, Harrisburg)

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it will make available for review public files on the six applicants for conditional Category 1 gaming licenses beginning on Monday Aug. 7, 2006. The files will be available the Board’s Harrisburg offices on the 5th floor of the Verizon Tower in Strawberry Square on Walnut Street.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will make available to the public the ownership stakes of applicants for gaming licenses in the Commonwealth on Monday Aug. 21, 2006, as part of its regular update of public information on applicants, Chairman Tad Decker said today. The information will be posted on the Gaming Control Board’s Web site, www.pgcb.state.pa.us.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today published on its Web site the ownership stakes of applicants for gaming licenses in the Commonwealth, Chairman Tad Decker said. To view this information, visit www.pgcb.state.pa.us, click on "Licensure" and then on "Ownership Stakes."

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today voted unanimously to approve licenses for two companies that filed applications to be suppliers of slot machines and associated equipment in the Commonwealth.

All licenses are subject to a series of conditions set by the Board to ensure that the requirements of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, and Board rules and regulations are met.

"Approving these licenses is another major step forward for gaming in Pennsylvania," said Tad Decker, chairman of the Board.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold its Sept. 11, 2006, Licensing Hearings on four applications for conditional Category 1 gaming operator licenses in the Auditorium of the State Museum in Harrisburg, Executive Director Anne Neeb said today.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced changes in the lineup of Licensing Hearings for the Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, hearings for conditional Category 1 licenses.The hearing schedule will include the same four applicants, but the order of format is will be as follows:

    • 9 - 11 a.m. - Downs Racing, L.P.
    • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. - Chester Downs and Marina, LLC
    • 2 - 4 p.m. - Presque Isle Downs, Inc.
    • 4 - 6 p.m. - Washington Trotting Association, Inc.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today published on its Web site some 1,200 written comments submitted to the Board as part of its public-input hearing process. To view the comments, visit www.pgcb.state.pa.us, click on the information box “Public Input Hearings, Local Impact Reports, and Diversity Plans” and choose “Written Comments”.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it has rescheduled the Licensing Hearing for conditional Category 1 gaming licensing applicant Presque Isle Downs Inc. to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27, 2006. The hearing will take place in the Auditorium of the Forum Building, Commonwealth Avenue and Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

The Gaming Control Board and the applicant previously agreed to postpone the Licensing Hearing originally scheduled for Sept. 11, 2006.